Apirana taylor biography
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Apirana taylor biography
Apirana Taylor
New Zealand writer, painter and musician
Apirana Taylor | |
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Taylor in 1996 | |
| Born | (1955-03-15) 15 March 1955 (age 69) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Period | 1979–2004 |
| Relatives | Rangimoana Taylor (brother), Riwia Brown (sister) |
Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand writer known for his poetry, short stories, novels and plays.
Biography
Born in Wellington 15 March 1955, Apirana Taylor is of Pākehā and Māori descent with affiliations to Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Ruanui.[1]
Taylor was a runner-up for the Pegasus Book Award in 1985, for He Rau Aroha: A Hundred Leaves of Love.[2]
He was a prominent member of the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari alongside his brother Rangimoana Taylor, who founded the group, and their sister Riwia Brown.
Plays of Taylors that Te Ohu Whakaari presented included Kohanga about the kohanga reo movement of Māori language re